18th November, 2004

Notification No.110/ 2004-Customs

Whereas, the designated authority vide notification No.15/6/2003-DGAD, dated the 8^th October, 2003, published in Part I, Section 1 of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated the 9^th October, 2003, had initiated review in the matter of continuation of final anti-dumping duty on Polytetrafluoroethylene, falling under tariff item 3904 61 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as PTFE), originating in, or exported from Russia, imposed vide notification of Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.141/1999-Customs, dated the 30^th December,  1999 [G.S.R. 839 (E), dated the 30^th December,  1999]

And whereas, the designated authority vide notification No. 15/6/2003-DGAD, dated the 7^th October, 2004, published in Part I, Section 1 of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated the 7^th October, 2004, after conducting Sunset Review has come to the conclusion that-

 (a) PTFE has been exported to India from Russia below its normal value during the period of investigation;

(b) the domestic industry continues to suffer material injury on account of dumped imports of PTFE from Russia;

(c)  injury has been caused to the domestic industry by the dumped imports of PTFE from Russia and

(d) anti dumping duties are required to be imposed in respect of imports of PTFE from Russia, as withdrawal thereof would lead to continuation of dumping and injury;and has recommended the continued imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on all imports of  PTFE, originating in, or exported from Russia; 

Now, therefore in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), read with sub-section (5) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, and rules 18 and 23 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, the Central Government, on the basis of the aforesaid final findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes on the goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under tariff item of the First Schedule to the said Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), the specification of which is specified in the corresponding entry in column (4),  originating in the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5) , and produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), when exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), by the exporters as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty at a rate  which is equivalent to the difference between, the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (11) and per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (10), of the said Table, and the landed value of such imported goods in like currency per like unit of measurement.

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